Will Rich Internet Become Rich Man’s Internet?

Monday, March 31st, 2008

The Web is one of the most important technological as well as social/cultural developments in our life. Its global impact is rooted in its openness and its capability to evolve on a democratic basis. However, I have concerns. I'm concerned about the significant corporate interests driving towards "unweb". Not to ...

Enterprise Web 2.0: IBM, Cisco, Microsoft and SAP

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

Enterprise 2.0 Conference (http://enterprise2conf.com/) is going on here at Boston Westin Waterfront this week. Nexaweb is showing its Enterprise Web 2.0 Platform here. Enterprise 2.0 is a term initially coined by Harvard Business School professor Andrew McAfee just about one year ago. His definition was much more around things like wikis, ...

JavaFx and Rich Internet Application

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

Quite a few people are asking me what I think of Sun's JavaFX annoucement . It is funny and we saw this coming - Who wouldn't anticipate Sun to make some big annoucement at JavaOne ? People were predicting the annoucement is going to be "open sourcing Java" - Oh, ...

Is Ajax Deprecating Client Side Java?

Monday, December 11th, 2006

The Ajax wildfire makes many people constantly think about what impact it has on other technologies such as Java, Flash and .NET. Are application developers going to switch from other technologies to Ajax? I explored this subject with regard to Flash in my earlier post The Converging Developer Community - AJAX ...

RIA Solutions and The Converging RIA Programming Model (Article 3)

Friday, May 5th, 2006

This is the third post of Enterprise Rich Internet Application Series. RIA Solutions Today There are many RIA solutions available today. Each of them fits into one of the approaches mentioned above. Some of the solutions come with tooling that can simplify development and maintenance. The following table shows a list ...

Enterprise Rich Internet Application:Ajax, Java, Flash,.NET and Market Landscape (2)

Friday, April 28th, 2006

This is the second post of Enterprise Rich Internet Application Series. Approaches to RIA Development Though it is still evolving rapidly, today’s RIA marketplace is already rich in choice, and IT is challenged to match technology options with business goals. But while there are a variety of approaches and products ...

Enterprise Rich Internet Application:Ajax, Java, Flash,.NET and Market Landscape (1)

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

This is the first post of Enterprise Rich Internet Application Series. Welcome to a New Paradigm The Web began as an environment for content sharing and small-scale data transfer via e-mail, newsgroups, and so forth. These initial uses quickly led to more sophisticated applications, particularly in the ...